the 2% payroll tax cut which was intend to be temporary, helped support after-tax income and consumption. in the g.d.p. report we saw 14 quarters in a row of consumption growth. the part that didn't pass would have helped the economy even stronger, to be even stronger >> darren: are we going to hear the president talk about job growth in the state of the union address? >> well, i have worked for the britain long fluff to know not to front-run the state of the union address, but i can tell you job growth economic growth is the president's top priority, that moat varktz for example, immigration reform. you will continue to hear from the president his vision for strengthening the economy and creating more jobs. >> darren: we have 12 million people who are unemployed right now. how long until we get down to a more normal number? >> i don't want to make a precise forecast. we'll release our forecast with the budget. but i will say that we'd like to strengthen job growth. over eight million jobs were lost by the recession. so there's a deep hole to dig our way out, and it's important we contin